Lithium-ion technology offers the following advantages as compared to “standard” lead-acid batteries:

starting power is up to 30% higher – over 40 CA (lead-acid battery: 10 CA) substantially longer life at over 2,000 cycles under JISD standard (the lead-acid battery only survives around 150–300 complete cycles)

less weight; 1,000 g as compared to 4,600 g equals a reduction of over 75%

same size as the original battery – meaning that the size of the battery box on the motorbike does not need to be reduced to accommodate the battery securely and firmly

no environmental contamination – contains no acid or heavy metals such as lead, cadmium or mercury contains no acid, cannot leak

quick charging with the compatible charger – up to 90% within 6 minutes

Almost any high-quality motorbike charger that uses a pulse charging method and has an automatic switch-off can be used.The keep-fresh-function of these chargers does not work with lithium batteries.

If you connect such a charger, it charges the battery once, then switches off and the users of the motorcycle using current would empty the battery although the charger is still connected.

To make a permanent connection possible, (f.e. in winter time) so the battery is always nearly fully loaded, you need special lithium chargers (f.e. CTEK).

Never use chargers that work with a charging voltage of more than 15 V (for example when working with high peak voltages for checking whether desulphation is required) - you find a note in the instruction manual of your existing charger!

Note:Starting problems may occur at extremely low temperatures (below around −10° C) due to an increase in battery resistance.However, the integrated management system means that this is less of an issue than with most conventional lithium batteries.There is also a simple trick you can use: if the battery is not working well under extremely cold conditions, switch your headlights on for between 10 and 15 seconds. That warms up the battery and improves the starting power.